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You're sick.

Deadly sick.

It was because of that stupid barrier, wasn't it?

Your family died one by one by a deadly sickness that attacked your magic.

Unlike your late family, you believed there was nothing as a permanent spell.

One day you weren't sick anymore. 

It was late may 201X, the day the barrier broke.

It was only a few seconds but you were cured.

Then something happened, You fell back into your bed it was night time again.

The day rewound and no one else remembered, they thought you were crazy when you told them.

It was the second rewound or reset, as you now like to call it.

You took this time to researched what the hell happened.

Resets took about a week to pass over but it only lasted two days and it only went back a few seconds. It was the first load.

You could never research properly since you only had the hospitals library to look through and even then there was nothing about time warps except a few 'Doctor who' books which were sci-fi books.

You were lucky enough to have a phone on you but even then you could only find so much.

Reset #40

To keep your sanity you looked through old stories your dad told you before he fell.

It was stories told from mage to mage, stories of the war and monsters.

You knew they were real, you met monsters once before the reset.

You read them a hundred times by now, but this time you found something you didn't notice.

In the story of the great monster war, it talked about a Soul and how everyone had one.

This intrigued you then it reset again.

Reset #45

You knew all about souls by now at least you think?

This reset felt different somehow, you haven't felt a load in a while.

That was fine less hassle for you but it still felt wrong, it felt tense.

It has been a few days after the reset and with it came a huge outbreak of loads.

You've never experienced something so frightening before.

Load #15

It's still the same reset, same day. You're going to lose your sanity at this point.

The loads are getting further and further apart, you feel like it's a bad sign somehow.

Load #19

The loads have stopped and it wasn't soon before it reset again.

This was new.

You were in a dark room, aluminated with a single red light. near it, there was a single small child.

You float closer to the child, scared they look at you, they had two buttons in front of them, they glowed a soft welcoming yellow.

You spoke to the child, your worried for them.

"Child, why are you so frightened?" They look at you more scared than before, now you look at them they had tears flowing down their face.

It was only a moment but you could tell you saw this child before they were Frisk the savior of the underground before the reset that destroyed your life.

It went dark once more.

You were in your hospital room again, bed pressed against your back.

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Reset #46

You sit upon the rock of a hospital bed and sigh.

That kid was forced to reset, weren't they? They might have reset purposely before but....Not this time.

You take out your phone to try to find answers.

It wasn't long before you found something, that was long forgotten but it was there.

It states that if you abuse a spell so much just to get a happy ending, you will be hunted down.

It does not say whether you will be killed or not but you are sure this kid was mixed up in it.

It went dark again.

It was quiet and empty all except Frisk crying.

You float towards them once more "Frisk?" They look at you startled tears running down their face. 

"Frisk, I want to help you please, even if it only for comfort I will help in any way possible." They silently stare at you.

You hear a clicking noise. It was going to reset again.

"I will wait for an answer, after all, I am very patient." They nod and smile it was a very weak smile but it was enough for you to smile back.

Reset #48

You have been talking with frisk in the dark room for awhile now.

They were very determined to stop this and you were very patient with them.

The resets were getting longer instead of weeks, they have been months.

Has to do with you helping Frisk?

You take this as a good sign even if you had to be sick for longer.

The room went dark and empty.

You look over at Frisk they were smiling.

You float over to them "Hello again Frisk, It's been awhile."You smile at them and they giggle.

That wasn't a good sign. Frisk was a mute, It was not frisk.They wore a green and yellow sweater and they had a sick twisted smile.

"Who are you?"You question as they turn at you and their smile grew wider. "I don't think we met before" Their voice was creepy as heck.

"We haven't and I asked a question. Who are you?"You spoke with harshness in your voice. This kid was testing your patience, lucky you have a lot of it.

They smile at you, the smile was as cold as a winter's day. They weren't here to make friends.

"Hold your horse's mage, I am the demon who comes when you say their name." 

"Are you called Idiot or Dumb ass?" You smile at them. "because I don't recall calling any demons."

"You are one mean fuck you know that?" You shrug at them, you were just joking. "Anyway! You didn't call me Frisk did. My name is Chara and I am here to make life a miserable hell."

"Trust me, kid it already is. I'm sick and I saw my family die because of that stupid barrier spell. Now if you excuse me I'm leaving."

You turn around and walk.

The floor started to rumble. It  Reset.